BoM: Wonder if they'll model the poor Soviet Plexiglass?

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Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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I would not expect them to model the actual numbers for the VVS fighters as the whine would overwhelm anything seen here. LAgG-3 was utter piece of crap, pilots had to fly radiators open to avoid overheat, engine was underpowered, craftmanship sub-par. Add to that fumes, yellow tint plexiglass etc. and you get the pic.

First battles with La-5 were far from a success, Yak's had to ESCORT them because of poor performance and Bf109F-4/G-2 outperforming them in every way almost. Excessive workload for the pilot in La-5, undercarriages suffering breakages etc. List goes on and on. Stalin said: Quantity in itself is quality. Go figure.

What I expect to see in sequel are those TsAGI values with polished, stripped and seamless planes etc. The so called paper numbers which very few, if any, production aircraft met. The Russian FMs in IL-2 were already copy/paste in many planes..

Hopefully not, although if past history is a guide, 1C will model their aircraft on factory performance figures.

Just as another perspective on Soviet quality, they did produce many aircraft which were innovative and advanced, and which performed well.

For example, during the Spanish Civil War, when the I-16 and I-15 were introduced, they initially completely outperformed the German He-51 biplanes, it wasn't till the 109's were introduced that the Condor Legion had a fighter which was of similar quality.

The Yak-1 and MiG-1/3 had many features which made them excellent fighters, the LaGG-3 less so, the La-5 initially wasn't much better than the LaGG, but improved.

My point was the problems with plexiglass was well documented in the early war aircraft.